Declaration of War (film)

Declaration of War (film)
Declaration of War
Directed by Valérie Donzelli
Produced by Edouard Weil
Written by Jérémie Elkaïm
Valérie Donzelli
Starring Valérie Donzelli
Cinematography Sébastien Buchmann
Release date(s) 12 May 2011 (2011-05-12) (Cannes)
Running time 100 minutes
Country France
Language French

Declaration of War (French: La Guerre est déclarée) is a 2011 French film directed by Valérie Donzelli, and written by her and Jérémie Elkaïm.[1] It was released on the 31 August 2011 and received very positive reviews; Allocine, a review aggregation website gave it an average of 4.3 stars out of five.[2] Le Monde gave it a full five stars, calling saying "Against cancer, an undoubtable force of happiness".[3] The film has been selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.[4][5]

Contents

Cast

Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm
  • Valérie Donzelli as Juliette
  • Jérémie Elkaïm as Roméo Benaïm
  • César Desseix as Adam (18 months old)
  • Gabriel Elkaïm as Adam (8 years old)
  • Brigitte Sy as Claudia, Roméo's mother
  • Elina Löwensohn as Alex, Claudia's wife
  • Michèle Moretti as Geneviève, Juliette's mother
  • Philippe Laudenbach as Philippe, Juliette's father
  • Bastien Bouillon as Nikos
  • Béatrice De Staël as Doctor Prat, pediatrician
  • Anne Le Ny as Doctor Fitoussi, neurologist
  • Frédéric Pierrot as Doctor Sainte-Rose, surgeon

See also

References

  1. ^ Index:La Guerre est déclarée www.allocine.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2011
  2. ^ La Guerre est déclarée > Critiques Presse www.allocine.fr Retrieved 31 August 2011
  3. ^ "La guerre est déclarée" : contre le cancer, la force redoutable du bonheur Le Monde, 30 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011
  4. ^ "France Makes a 'Declaration of War' in Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/france-makes-a-declaration-war-236454. Retrieved -2011-09-16. 
  5. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111013.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 

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